Daniel Mariano
71 posts


@MikeWingerii To be fair, neither are Protestants or their descendant denominations.
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Mormons: We’re Christian
Me: No. You’re not.
Mormons: We are highly offended by that! How dare you say we aren’t Christian when we believe in Jesus.
Me: You use the name Jesus but reject core Christian beliefs about Jesus. You reject core Christian beliefs about a bunch of essential things. You tend to use the same vocabulary as us but with different definitions.
Mormons: Of course we reject your core beliefs. They are an abomination! This is why Joseph Smith said God told him did all your creeds are in abomination and that he couldn’t join any Christian group in the United States. It’s because you guys don’t know the truth about God and Joseph Smith had to restore the true gospel, fix the teachings you have from your corrupt Bible, and give us a host of new Scriptures.
Me: See, this is why I say you aren’t Christians. It’s not personal. It’s the foundation of Mormonism that you reject core Christian teachings about Jesus, salvation, God, the Bible, exaltation, and more. Joseph Smith made this clear. Brigham young said all Christians were apostates and it was only more recently you guys were told by your leaders to co-opt the name Christian. But it’s like a man trying to say he’s a woman. No, he’s not. That’s silly. He can be offended but it’s not rational and it’s actually harmful to pretend he’s a woman just to appease him.
Mormons: Mike, we believe in the Bible, Jesus, God the Father, salvation by faith, and all the stuff you believe. We just have a few more things you don’t know about yet. We have your beliefs and extra, because we are like complete Christians.
Me: You believe the Bible is corrupt in whatever ways it may challenge your theology. You believe Jesus wasn’t always God and that he’s the brother of Satan. You believe God wasn’t always God and that he became a God in the same way that you can become a God if you are considered worthy of it when you die. You believe in grace plus works which invalidates grace (Romans 11:6) and triggers Galatians 1’s anathema, saying that “we are saved by grace after all that we can DO.” You may not have realized it but your religion teaches you the same words as Christians but defines them in ways that actually reject our core beliefs.
Mormons: You don’t understand us. We believe what we believe and it’s Christian.
Me: I know some more modern Mormons will say they actually don’t hold to some of those things I mentioned but I have to treat Mormonism based on its Scriptures, apostles, and prophets, not its online apologists. Based on those things, it’s not Christian.
Mormon (version 1): Your ignorance and attitude are offensive and harmful. We are Christians.
Mormon (version 2): We are the true Christians and you are apostate. You and most Christians throughout history were not real Christians. Joseph Smith restored true Christianity after it fell away shortly after Jesus rose.
Me: Jesus, the real Jesus, paid the full price for your sins on the cross. You can be saved and forgiven and live eternally with God, the one and only God, by trusting in Christ’s works and not your own. Joseph was a modern false prophet. Run from him to Jesus.
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@HtownWheelhouse @astros They need to do both. Make deep, deep cuts, then buy.
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@TheMetsX As a baseball account, how do you not know that this is allowed?
Any team could've done exactly this for the last 50 years of MLB. This isn't a result of the Ohtani rule
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@tuuu28283 Ever since Whataburger’s ownership changed to a company based in Chicago, the quality has declined.
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@tuuu28283 It’s the best in Texas….as well as the rest of the US.
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@FingerOfFact @SnoCoPW Sadly, most Americans are lack an understanding of civics.
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@SnoCoPW What they are doing is fine. Its obvious folks on here don't know the rules around this. Folding the flag is recommended and considered a more formal method for ceremonies but not required by any means. This method is legal and accepted. Anything else is just your opinion.

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Sunday was Flag Day. #SnoCoPW once again is proud to have partnered with Scouts BSA Troop 36 in Lake Stevens to help ceremoniously retire American flags that have been discarded at county facilities. If you have a flag no longer suitable for flying, don’t throw it in the trash, drop it off in the flag receptacles at all three of the county transfer stations. Info: bit.ly/SnoCoSW
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@LarryStomberg @SleeperAstros Same. The team needs deep cuts, at all levels.
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@SleeperAstros I’m hanging in, for the rebuild and new energy in 2028.
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@michaelschwab13 B. He’s a good tool in the toolbox, but he’s not carrying the team.
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@realstewpeters So, why didn’t he state this on his first day in office? It’s not like it was some kind of hidden, secret knowledge. Yet now, when he’s leaving, he wants to try to wake people up?
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@scsvehla Absolute heresy. I’d like to say I’m disappointed, but it’s par for the course with these sects these days.
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@CMValrak Imperial Fists are okay, but you’d be better off playing Orks, since they’re a real faction.
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I watched the recent Majorkill video about why he thinks current Imperial Fists are 'lame' and have to massively disagree, here is why I think the Imperial Fists are one of the greatest 40K Chapters.
youtu.be/suciB9pCSW8

YouTube

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@CatholicSOTC @Pontifex Your Holiness, is "Values of Sports" code for SACRED HEART OF JESUS?
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@trad_west_ It’s heartwarming to see them doing outreach for young Democrats.
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@tuuu28283 Aside from Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew is the best soda in the US.
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@TyTalksBaseball @SleeperAstros It’s the same mentality management uses when bringing back Verlander.
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Josh Hader has a no trade clause, and I honestly still think Houston can compete in 2027 and 28, the last two years of his contract. I would NOT move him, even if he was open to it.
Not to mention, San Diego's farm is one of if not the worst in baseball.
#Astros #ChaseTheFight
SleeperAstros@SleeperAstros
The Padres have reportedly been exploring bullpen help and Josh Hader could be one name they are looking at if the Astros decide to sell, per @dennistlin & @Chandler_Rome: “Hader, in the third year of a five-year, $95 million contract, has full no-trade protection, but the Astros’ 20-31 start has made him a candidate for an eventual move.”
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